My list of things I'm thankful for

Cats
New friends
My boyfriend
My new job
Hazelnut coffee
My car
Having access to a computer with internet
Learning self-discipline
Warm socks
My brain, which always surprises me and we have been getting along lately
Learning to like giving speeches
Dried Mediterranean apricots
Turning 25 in a week
My rubber tree plant
Health insurance
Fingernail clippers
Fax machines
Television and movies

New Ideas for Website artwork

Now I'm thinking about making my drawings more elaborate-with fabric and beads or paint. They are still going to be on notebook paper, however. These little ink drawings are getting more and more crazy in my mind. They still must correspond to the text. I will need to work on this every day this week in order to create my vision. I am also still trying to figure out how this idea of the life cycle corresponds to this project and also to the drawings. I don't think I am going to figure it all out right away. I know that my project has a looping effect, and the days of the week also have a looping effect. (You always end up back where you started, yet somehow when you start again it is always in a slightly different place.) I don't want to try to to control too much of the project, however. I want it to go where it wants to.

Notebook paper drawings

I had this idea that instead of taking photographs for my project, I am going to create the artwork on pieces of notebook paper. These will be pretty elaborate drawings that correspond to each page of my hypertext narrative. (So hopefully they'll look cool.) I may make some of them partly collage as well. I just couldn't get this idea out of my head, especially after some really bad and boring photography that I took of objects around the house. Its kind of a different idea, but I like it and I'm willing to do something a little strange to make my project more interesting.
There were already some pretty cool drawings that I did in my journal that have nothing to do with the project. I'm going to use some of those if they fit with any of my hypertext pages. I might look through old journals as well and see if I can find some other drawings.
I'm not sure what the link between the notebook paper drawings and my hypertext site is (or if there needs to be one) but I'd like to come up with an explanation anyways.

Procrastination and other old pitfalls

I am REALLY GLAD I went into the computer lab to work on my project today. I got most of it done. The thing is, I was seriously contemplating not going in because I wanted to do stuff around the house, etc. Just thinking about how much work I would have left if I hadn't gone in today makes me cringe. I don't even think the lab will be open next week. Yay for the times when I choose not to procrastinate.

Not going to post pictures of this...

Well I know better than to post pictures of pets, but I have had a new experience in the past two weeks. I now live with two cats and this has been the weirdest and best experience ever. I was never much of an animal person until I got my dog Sandy 10 years ago. But cats? Never thought it would happen. This is out there. And I actually like them. One of them bites me all the time but not hard. He's kind of chubby and obsessed with food. The girl is thin and delicate and feminine, very pretty. They follow me everywhere and get in my way when I'm trying to do work at the computer. Cats. Good lord.

My project has turned into a way to vent

My project is going alright but I'm terrified because I have no clue as to how it will turn out. I did get a good idea for photographing my doodles out of a notebook and putting them as the background for my website. I am a born doodler. I wanted the background color to be mint green but it must be a lot lighter. Must get away from the dark coloring on these websites! As for the content, I made a story board out of notecards and wrote down one line on each. I made a "tree" and pasted it onto a huge piece of cardboard. The day I was working on the poetry was an angry day for me. My lines turned into venting so the whole project isn't all positive. This project has turned into a good way for me to vent. I'll probably end up making way more than thirty pages so that I can express my unexpressed pissed-offness at the world.

List

Belly button lint
cat
mole
sports bra
friendship
stress
toe
bite
football
ponytail
e-mail
scarf
home
parallel parking
Christmas
Rotiserrie chicken